_La libertad nunca puede ser por tiranos defendida ni propagada por
esclavos._[32]--EMILIO CASTELAR.
=98.= The verb _to want_ in the sense of _to wish_ is translated by
=querer=. Meaning _to need_, _be in want of_, it is rendered =necesitar=,
=tener menester=, =hacer falta a=.
_I want you to tell me at once._
=Yo quiero que usted me lo diga en seguida.=--ECHEGARAY.
_I want another book. Have you any more?_
=Necesito= (=tengo menester=, =me hace falta=) =otro libro. ¿Tiene Vd. más?=
_They want three more chairs._
=Necesitan otras tres sillas.=
_Note._--Observe the position of =otras=. The word =otro= regularly
precedes a numeral.
=99.= In the conjunctive phrase _either ... or_, _either_ is translated =o=.
As a pronoun it is translated =o el uno o el otro=. At the end of a
negative sentence _either_ is rendered =tampoco=.
_Either I'm much mistaken or this is going to cause talk._
=O me engaño mucho o esto va a dar que hablar.=
--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
_Do you want this pen or the fountain pen? Either will do._
=¿Quiere Vd. esta pluma o la plumafuente?--O la una o la otra servirá.=
_And I don't think I'm a fool, either._
=Y creo que no soy tonto, tampoco.=--RAMOS CARRIÓN.
When _either_ at the end of a negative sentence is used merely for
emphasis, it is expressed by repeating the negative =no=.
_I didn't do it, either!_
=¡No lo he hecho, no!=
=100.= _Neither_ is =ni= as a conjunction and equal to _and ... either_. As
a pronoun it is =ni el uno ni el otro=. Standing as the first word in a
sentence _neither_ is translated =tampoco=.
_I do not look into the mirror, neither to-day nor ever._
=No miro en el espejo, ni hoy ni nunca.=--ECHEGARAY.
_He wouldn't help him, neither would he help me._
=No quería ayudarle a él, tampoco quería ayudarme a mí.=
_I showed him the drawings. Neither of them pleased him._
=Le mostré los dibujos. Ni el uno ni el otro le ha contentado.=
=101.= The conjunction _because_ is =porque=. The prepositional phrase
_because of_ is translated =a causa de=. =Por= with the infinitive is often
used for =porque= with a clause, and may be used for =a causa de= when the
object of the preposition is a participial phrase.
_I won't give you any more because you have enough already._
=No te daré más porque ya tienes bastante.=
_Because of the rain the country was flooded._
=A causa de la lluvia estaba inundado el campo.=
_That tribe obeyed him and respected him because he was_ (_because of
his being_) _older._
=Aquella caterva le obedecía y respetaba por ser él mayor.=
--EMILIA PARDO BAZÁN.
=102.= =EXERCISES=
(_a_) 1. No quiero que Vds. me ofrezcan dinero. 2. No le he devuelto el
dinero que tuvo a bien prestarme.--Ni yo tampoco. 3. O se lo ha llevado
él o el hermano de él, pero ni el uno ni el otro quiere confesarlo. 4.
¿Qué necesita usted?--Un martillo para arrancar estos clavos. 5. O el
uno o el otro libro la contentará. 6. Por haber caído tanta nieve no
quiero que salgan los chicos esta mañana. 7. A causa de la huelga de los
empleados del tranvía tuvimos que ir a pie. 8. O los nuevos o los viejos
debe usted mandarme. 9. Yo quisiera conocer a ese señor porque me dicen
que es de gran talento. 10. Por ser tan tarde, no querían los padres
partir sin los niños.
(_b_) 1. Well, how many more do you want and how much do you want to pay
for them? 2. Do you want to see the picture that they were talking
about? 3. Either the father or the mother must be ill. 4. Neither of my
friends can speak Spanish. 5. I have to serve as (=de=) interpreter
because I speak the language fluently. 6. Because of the illness of my
father, neither my mother nor I were able to go. 7. Because I have a
cold, I want you to read this letter aloud to the others. 8. These
plants want water. Do you want to water them now? 9. Have you seen
either of my sons to-day? Yes. I just saw the older one with three other
boys. 10. I want you to tell _me_ what you want, either by telephone or
by letter. 11. Neither her father nor her mother wanted her to go out,
because it is so cold. She didn't want to go, either.